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Just a quick question.....does the sword have any weighting in the handle? Like lead wrapped around it or plastic pipe? If so that could of caused the core to snap at that point.
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| Medlock uses fibreglass pipe to build up & weight his grips, these are drilled and pinned through the core, I've never heard of one snapping, but it may have been damaged before you bought it.
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Andy Rimmer (12/7/2007)
Medlock uses fibreglass pipe to build up & weight his grips, these are drilled and pinned through the core, I've never heard of one snapping, but it may have been damaged before you bought it. I’ve been warned off building swords with rigid handles before, who by I can’t remember. The theory is that the whole core is flexible and to restrict a section by wrapping it with lead or plastic stops a section from flexing, so that if the core is put under strain it creates a weak spot where the forces are concentrated so that it snaps at that point. Please don’t assume I’m dissing Simon’s construction techniques, he’s been making weapons for donkeys years and certainly knows what he’s doing. Weapons can break if put under too much sudden strain and the handle may of contributed to this, however the sword would of probably broken anyway, who knows?
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| Yeah, normally I'd agree with the physics- especially if you then "weaken " the handle by drilling through it a few times, but for some reason Medlock weapons don't usually break (possibly indestructable in the same way as their creator seems to be)???
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Yep it certainly is unusual if it is a Medlock weapon. It might not be, some of the weapons made at Labyrinthe have looked very much like Medlocks in the past?
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at the end of the day there is always the chance that something will fail. There may well have been nothing wrong with the design just had a weak point on the core.
And as other people have said core break is generally fatal. I have a curved short sword which core snapped one day at the handle (as I drew it before I even got to parry with it which suddenley left me with no weapon as I threw it to one side and got barrelled by a monster)
I got Wookie with that one to remove part of the blade above the break and put a new handle on for me and re use the latex moldings from the handle on the new handle.
So it should be possible to get it cut down if you know someone who is willing to do the work to do that for you.
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Shelford (12/7/2007)
Yep it certainly is unusual if it is a Medlock weapon. It might not be, some of the weapons made at Labyrinthe have looked very much like Medlocks in the past?Said weapon looks identical to a Medlock sword owned by one of the Shard - his has extra weighting in the hilt, so I'm inclined towards the theory posited earlier.
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| If its missing an M Rune as suggested by Ian then its likely to be a Capallo a Kovacs... since Simon taught him to make weapons he churned out stuff in a very similar style for a while. However the build quality might be different. Yah... and if you did manage to snap your Medlock sword sparring with your mate then you need to look at your fighting technique and how suitable it is for LRP.... really quick. Im cack with my weapons and I still havent bust one like that.... If it is a Medlock he'll certainly make another for you but youll need to catch him at an event cos he doesnt do trading on line and is very very reluctant to take phone orders due to worklload.
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Andy Rimmer (12/7/2007)
Yeah, normally I'd agree with the physics- especially if you then "weaken " the handle by drilling through it a few times, but for some reason Medlock weapons don't usually break (possibly indestructable in the same way as their creator seems to be)???Ah... thats cos he makes the pipe handles slightly differently to the standard way... thus avoiding the snapping/ weakening issues... yah... I think he manufactures them to be used by himself. If youve ever actually fought Simon you'll realise why his weapons need to be largely indestructable. Also you learn why you dont fight Simon.
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